Norwich City vs Swansea City preview: Top flight's youngest managers face off at Carrow Road

A look ahead to the Premier League game at Carrow Road

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It’s a big game for…

Alex Neil and Gary Monk: The two youngest managers in the league are former Barnsley teammates. Admittedly Monk only played three games for the South Yorkshire side in the whole season. Neil did, however, come on as a substitute in an FA cup time against Bristol city in which Monk scored. Either way, if the fact it was a crucial Premier League game wasn’t enough, there will be a personal edge to Sunday’s game between the managers.

Best stat…

1: The amount of games Norwich have ever lost to Swansea in Premier League fixtures. Gary Monk’s side will be looking to turn this stat in the way of Swans this coming weekend.

Do you remember when…

Fabio Borini led Swansea to a three nil defeat of Norwich in a 2011 Championship game? No? Neither did I. But it’s the only video on YouTube so let’s all pretend it was the game of the century and enjoy the grainy highlights.

Player to watch…

Andre Ayew: The only player in either side to score five goals or above this year. If this is going to be the goal fest that absolutely nobody expects it to be then Ayew will probably be involved. Or at least let’s all hope that for the sake of the game he is; otherwise enjoy a wonderful 0-0.

Past three meetings…

Swansea City 3 (De Guzman 2, Routledge) Norwich City 0
Premier League, March 2014

Norwich City 1 (Hooper) Swansea City 1 (Dyer)
Premier League, December 2013

Norwich City 2 (Snodgrass, Turner) Swansea City 2 (Michu, Moore)
Premier League, April 2013

Form guide…

Swansea: LWLDLL

Norwich: LL*LLLD

*Lost AET on penalties

Vital information…

Kick off time: 7th November, 3pm

TV: Highlights, BBC1 11pm